Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement. It noted that Francis had named him bishop on Dec. 6. On Monday, the Vatican ...
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the priest ordained in the Philippines and incardinated into the Sacramento Diocese in ...
In future new bishops will be proposed by members of local Catholic communities together with Chinese authorities. The names will be sent to the Vatican Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark ...
But the trip came as the Vatican and Beijing are again split over the power to appoint bishops. China and the Vatican severed diplomatic ties in 1951, following the Communists’ rise to power and ...
Pope Francis has appointed Father Reynaldo Bersabal, a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, California, as auxiliary bishop ...
Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Reynaldo Bersabal, a Filipino, as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the United ...
British Archbishop Paul Gallagher closed a 5-day visit to Vietnam over the weekend after meeting with top civil and ecclesial ...
Long-Term Pain What to make of Cardinal Parolin's Diplomacy The Vatican has demanded the retirement of one bishop and the demotion of another in the unapproved Catholic Church in China to make ...
An 83-year-old Chinese underground bishop was installed at a state-sanctioned church ceremony on June 9, just three months before the expiry of a Vatican-China pact on the appointment of bishops in ...
China on May 8 held its first bishop election since Pope Francis assumed the papacy in March last year, in what will be a key test of relations between Beijing and the Vatican as they decide whether ...